Apparatus for pressing fruit



Dec. 3o, 1947. R 3, AFORGE l:2,433,315

APPARATUS FOR PRESSING FRUIT riginal Filed Sept. 13, 1935 ib l" ma u .nm

lll/111110' Patented Dec. 30, 1947 APPARATUS FOR PRESSING FRUIT Pierre Charles Nicphore Laforge, Paris, France Application September 13, 1935, Serial No. 40,472. f Renewed MarchV 15, y 1950. In Germany April section 3, 'Public Law 69o; August s, 1946 Patent expires April Z4, 1955 for "pressing fruit.

The inventionhas for its object to provide an pletelyand on the other hand, willdispense with the ordinary lter device having holes or slots,

which is a cause of breaking of the apparatus,

2 Claims. (Cl. 100-41) apparatus which on the one hand' will enable lthe juice of the fruit to be expressed more comwhilst giving certainty of obtaining juice partially adapted to be xed inv relation to each other and a receptacle in which the fruit to be pressed is placed, is characterized by Vthe fact thatY it is provided with Va pressing plate movable in relation to the handle carrying it, this pressing plate being subjected to the action of an auxiliary pressure exerting device making it possible to further force itin the pressing l,direction within the receptacle containing thevfruit to be pressed after said fruit has already beenV pressed by moving the handles towardeach Yother to a position rwhere they are locked against the possibility of their spreading apart.

Other advantages and characteristics of the invention will appear from the description which Will now be given with reference to the annexed drawings which represent diagrammatically and simply by way of example a constructional form of an improved fruit pressing apparatus embodying my invention. v

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view of the apparatus in longitudinal section,

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the same through the center of the pressing device, and,

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

In the constructional example shown, the apparatus comprises a lower element made by moulding or stamping any suitable material so as to form a receptacle 50 having a solid bottom, said receptacle having preferably a circular outline and being provided with a handle 5I extending therefrom, and an upper element likewise made by moulding or stamping any suitable material so as to form a plate 52 having another handle 53 vextending therefrom. The receptacle 50 is preferably formed with a spout.

'Ihe upper element and the lower element are articulately connected to each other by means of a hinge or analogous device 54 so that in the closed position represented in Fig. 1 the plate 52 is directly above the receptacle 50.

The two handles 5I and 52 can be locked, in the closed position, in relation to each other, by means of a'V catch device 55 carried by one of the hand1es'5l, which is actuated by a spring 55 and engages Withtheupper edge of a slot 51 in the other handle 53. j

The upper element acts on4 the fruit' to be pressed by means of a pressing plate 58, which is integral with a stem 59 slidably mounted within a vertical support 60 xed to or integral with the plate 52. Itis to be noted that the diameter of the plate 58 isY slightly less than ,the internal diameter of the receptacle so as to form therewith'an annular` lter. Y

The rod 59 is under the actionfof a spring 5l placed in the interior of the support 60 and bearing on the one hand against the upper face of a retaining vcap 59 Vfastened onto the upper end of the said stem 59V and on the other hand against the lower face' of a plate 62 slidably mounted within support 60. A cam 63, mounted soas to be capable of turning about a pivot 64 carried bytheup'per'end'of the support 60 bears against the upper face of plate 62. The cam 63'is provided with a lever 65 capable of imparting to the 'cam 63 a rotary movement of the orderof 180;`

The rotation of the -lever 65 is made possible byY providing at the upper end of the support 60v two diametrically opposite slots 56 and El.

The device is operated as follows:

Y The two elements50, 52 being spreadV apart so that thev pressing plate 58 clears receptacle 50. One half of the fruit to be pressed, such for example, as 58, is placed within the latter. The device is then closed by forcing the two handles 5l and 53 towards each other. The half fruit contained within receptacle 5l] is thus pressed by the plate 58 and the juice that is expressed therefrom rises in the receptacle 50 above the said plate 58.

As soon as the two handles have been brought together and locked, a further squeezing of the fruit is produced by rotating the cam 63 about The cam acts on the plate 58 through the action of spring BI.

gether they eens-Hints@ lter what i.S.`.freed-ir9m s Obstruction .,eah-itiraethe tw@ elements .of the device are moved apart. The juice of the fruit in rising above the said plate carries along neither; H

pulp nor pips, except possibly the very smallest nin size. A clear juice will thereforebeattaindd without having recourse to an ordinary Vfilter. with` Y' holes, which is always liable to be" obstructed, and to be broken. It will be observedKV that catch 55 is formed with a plurality-of teeth@adaptedY to lock the two hinged elements at diierent positions. This makes it possible to use the device for pressing fruits of different thicknessestwithout having resource to any adjustments and without.. having to exert an excessive initial pressure forV pressing a fruit. In fact at the start the catch 250 can be set at the first step, giving a chance to the, QQmpiessed spring to-,expanm thenv the spring onge. .mere compressed bythe action of .the cam and is allowed to again expandfurther press,

ingk theffruit.; Whenthe spring has. expanded, 25 the. cam ,canbe-released, an.d=.thBeatch-55 canbe set at its next step, when the `.Same cycle of oper.- ation canv` ber repeated.Y

- ,Itmisvobvious thatfzthe invention `is innowise lignitedto theembodiment which .has been more 30 especially. deseribedlbvway oiexample. but that 1. Apparatus for pressinglfruitcomprising an 35 @pea tep..reetae1eprovided. with-a iaterauy exlrldipg handle; a leveralsoproVdedwith a hanf d! artelllatelv in rlecieci,tosaid receptacle so @.S. rrb m9113101@ to, and from rthe same,` means for, loclgirigsaid lever. Y.agrari-11st .outwardmovement 40 whenbrought toa fruitfpressingposition, a pressing plat e having a stem slidably rCarried bly said lever, adapedto press a fruit against the bottom of, said receptaclewhen said lever is moved towards said receptacle, a spring pressing against 45 said'leverfis restrained against .outward movement 50 by said. locking. means, .a thrustlplate Vfor the outer end of. .said spring(movable towards said stem, and a cam bearingv againstsaid thrust plate 4 adapted to force said thrust plate towards said stem so as to further compress said spring.

2. Apparatus for pressing fruit comprising an open top receptacle provided with a laterally extending handle,.a lever also provided with a handle articulately connectedftofsaid receptacle so as to be movable to and from the same, means jor. locking said lever against outward movement whenvbroughtfto a fruit pressing position, a press- `ingV platel having a stem slidably carried by said Y lever, .adapted to press a fruit against the bottom of said "receptacle when said lever is moved towards said receptacle, a, spring pressing against said'stemto force s aid plate outwardly, said spring becoming-compressed by the reaction of the fruit against said 'plate' and continuing the fruit pressing acticnassaid spring gradually expands while said leveris restrained against outward movement by said locking means, a thrust plate for the outer end vof said spring, movable towards said stem, and a cam bearing against said thrust plate adapted to force said thrustplate towards said stern so as to further compress said spring, said locking means being adapted to lock said lever at diierent positions so,thataiter-expansionof said spring said lever may bev moved one step inward,v causing further compression of said spring,` to be locked in .its new position and allow for a new expansion o fl said spring. i Y

PIERRE CHARLES NICEPHORE LAFORGE.

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